Tuesday, February 3, 2015

In 1933 the prominent union leader M. A. Santos, takes refuge in a merchant sailor's union, currently Oporto, to escape the fascist police. In return for the generosity of his companions, who sheltered him for an extended time, Santos covered the hall with murals depicting mythological figures, boats anchored in the harbour and shipwrecks in the Tagus delta.After a one year residency at Oporto, it is now time for Pedro Henriques to generously share with us the work he conceived here. On friday February 13, Henriques will present a sculpture exhibition that mirrors the time lost in this space. http://www.pedrohenriques.com

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Oporto is a studio and a non-profit space located in the old center of Lisbon. occupying the unique environment of the headquarters of a former Merchant Sailors Union. Since 2007 Oporto has been hosting undigestible and resistant art, having a special focus on experimental film and video. The program is extremely slow as the selection of the pieces screened is made on an overall idea of an exquisite corpse . The space is programmed by Alexandre Estrela in collaboration with Ana Baliza and it is sponsored by GAU- Gestão de Audiovisuais